Picture-hanger.



F. R. NICE.

PICTURE HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 11. 1914.

Patented Dec. 7, 1915.

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I SMQQI'VVOD FE. 757/ F. R. NICE. PICTURE HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 11, 1914.

Patented Dec. 7', 1915.

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rennin n. mcngornnns ne, ivrrcnrenn.

morons-Hansen.

Specification ofLettersIatent.

Application filed November 11, 1914. Serial lfl'of871,546.

To all whom it may concern v Be it known that I, FRANK R. N1cn, acitizen of the United States, residing at Lansing, in the county ofIngham and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Picture-Hangers, of which the followingis a specification. a

This invention relates .to a picture hook hanger which is adapted foruse in, hanging or taking down-pictures, or like articles, that aresuspended from a molding on the wall, the primary object thereof beingtoprovide a device of this character. including a holding device whichis adapted to support the picture hook and the attached picture, and arod attached thereto and forming a handle for the device, the saidholding device being so constructed that a downward pull exerted uponthe picture hook after the same has been placed in positionv upon themolding, will bring the same into proper engagement with the molding.

A further object of the invention is to provide a picture hanger of thischaracter which is constructed so that it may be used in hanging picturehooks having a picture cord passed around the same and attached ateither side of the picture, which may be used to hang picture hookshaving a single cord or chain depending therefrom and attached to oneside of the picture alone, and which may be used further in inserting apicture cord along over a nail or like projection attached to the wall.

The invention consists in thefeatures of construction, combination andarrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved picture hanger in use, thepicture hook being shown just as it has been placed upon the molding;Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the picture hanger during operation inforcing the picture hook into proper engagement with the molding; Fig. 31s a front elevation of the picture hanger alone; Fig. 4 is aperspective view of the device in use for hanging a picture book havinga single supporting chain attached thereto; Fig. 5 is a similar viewshowing the hanger during withdrawal from the picture hook;

and, Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the device, showing the same used1n mounting a picture cord upon a supporting nail.

In the drawings, 1 designates the body portion of the device,.which istransversely curved at 2 to provide an upper concave supporting face3,.and which is provided atv its rearedge with a socket L. This deviceis; constructed preferably of metal and is. adapted to be mounted bymeans, of the socket upon the upper end of a rod 5 of wood or the like,which forms the handle of the hanger. The outer edge of the holdingdevice is turnedoutwardly to provide a lip-e having a notch 7' thereinfor a purpose which will be more fully described hereinafter. The body 1of the holding device is provided adjacent the lip 6 with a transverseslot 8 and with a longitudinal slot 9.

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communicating therewith, the side edges of the slot 9 being flared as at10 at itsjuncture with the slot 8.

In Figs. 1 and2, I have shown the hanger in use for hanging a picturehook ll of ordinary construction upon the picture molding 12 attached tothe wall. In such operation, the picture cord supporting portion 13ofthe picture hook is mounted within the mouth provided by thetransversely curved portion 2 of the holding device upon the con caveface 3 thereof, the picture cord 14 embracing-the side edges of theholding device when the picture hook is in this position. The handle ofthe device is then operated so as to lift the molding attaching portion15 of the picture hook into position above the molding. Then, the handleis operated in a downward direction so as to bring the curved end 16 ofthe hook portion 18 into engagement with the tran verse slot 8 in theholding device, the said slot being shorter than the hookis wide so thatthe curved end 16 thereof will extend into the slot for a short distanceonly. Upon exerting further downward force upon the handle, the holdingdevice will draw the picture hook downunder face of the curved portion 2with the r and 9, as shown inFig, l. After into position'upon themolding, the holding device is released by simply pulling the samedownwardly as'showninFig; 5. Prior to the withdrawalof the holdingdevice from operative position, however, the handle of the device shouldbe turned outwardly so as to causea bind'ingaction upon the picturehook, so that, upon "downward movement of the holding devicewhen in thisposition," the lower edge of the slot 9 Will become en; 'gaged withthelinks of the chain 17 and willthus exert a downward pull upon the hooks,

which will cause'the molding attachingpon" f tion'thereof to be broughtinto proper en-1 gagement withrthe molding.

' It is sometimes desirableto mountapi'cl ture cord upon a nail. drlveninto the wall, or some similar p ro ecting support, WlllCl'l' is'locatedat considerableheight', In order 7 to accomplish this, the, picture cordT18, is

placed in ,engagementwith'the notch 7 provided in the lip 6' oftheholding device, the

cord in this position embracing the front and rear sides of the deviceinto such a position that the supporting pro ection may be insertedwithin the mouth formed by the curved portion ofthe holding device Theni purpose specified; p I

In testimony whereof I afiix mysi'gnature; 5

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, it will be seen that I have provided a very "simple. andcheaply constructed picture hook hanger which may be put to a variety ofuses in hangingpictures, and which will, when ing device. What isclaimed 'is: P

' A device of the class described comprising properly used, prove a timeand labor savatransversely curved holding device floody providing amouth for thereception of the cord-attaching portion of a picture hookwhen supported thereupon, a handle attached to" said body, and: anoutwardly inclined lip formed on the forward edge of said body,

the holding device is loweredso as to clear V said body having atransverse slot adjacent sa d 111), saidbody being further prov dedvwith a longitudinal slot communicating with the transv'erseslotcentrally thereof, for the Y in presence of two witnesses. 7

V *Witnessesi' V I PAULINE V'REVNWICKI, r t

WILLIAM C. BRO N.

VIZRANKVVR. NICE.

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